Even misfit birds are susceptible to avian flu

 

Headline:  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 3/2/225]

There was an unusual silence Friday at Seggond Chance Farm in Cranberry, a sanctuary once home to many unwanted, abandoned and abused domestic birds and animals. 

The state Department of Agriculture quarantined the site recently after HPAI, highly pathogenic avian flu, annihilated many of the birds; the agency put down the rest. 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed the Butler County bird flu infection on Feb. 20. It detected HPAI at the Butler farm classified as a non-commercial “backyard flock” of 610 domestic birds and wild ducks.

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